AT 2100C, AN ATTEMPTED BORDER CROSSING WAS STOPPED IN THE NINEVEH PROVINCE NE OF SINJAR VIC 38S GA 382 495. 6X SMUGGLERS ATEMPTED TO CROSS THE BORDER AT BORDER FORT 14 (BF 14) FROM SYRIA. IBP FIRED AT THE SMUGGLERS WHO DROPPED 22 CARTONS OF CIGARETTES AND FLED. NO CASUALTIES. CIGARETTES ARE CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT BF 14. CLOSED: 050115MAR06